Grape Responses to Abiotic and Biotic Stresses

Dear Colleagues,

Grapes have been identified as one of the largest and most important agricultural commodities in the world. Like other commodities, grapevines are constantly challenged by changing environmental conditions, including climate change, and by phytopathogenic organism infections.

Changing environmental conditions or abiotic stresses such as light, salt, temperature, and water extremes cause significant crop yield and quality losses. However, abiotic stresses may also cause other mediated responses including the accumulation of secondary metabolites as a plant defense strategy. Research has shown that grapevines undergo chemical, physical, and physiological changes in order to resist or minimize cell and tissue damage from abiotic stresses. This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances investigating the influences of genotype, vine culture, and vine management to demonstrate the grapevine’s response.

Most grapevine biotic stresses are caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes, insects and other organisms. This Special Issue will also discuss recent genetic manipulations, biocontrol mechanisms, and elicitors used to prevent or reduce the damage from a fungal infection.

Prof. Dr. Harlene Hatterman-Valenti
Guest Editor

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